Method for face-to-face weaving of fabrics with figure warp threads

A face-to-face weaving machine comprising

• a number of warp thread systems, lying alongside one another, each of which comprising one or more figure warp threads,
• weft insertion devices provided to insert one or more weft threads into a shed between the warp threads in each consecutive weft insertion cycle, and
• shed forming devices provided to position the warp threads in each shed and to thereby allocate each figure warp thread to one of the fabrics,
• so that two at least partially pile-free fabrics are woven above one another with at least one zone in which each figure warp thread corresponding to a desired pattern is either pattern-determining in the fabric to which this figure warp thread is allocated or is incorporated into that fabric in a non-pattern-determining way, wherein in at least one pair of two warp thread systems lying alongside one another, two or more sets of two figure warp threads with the same appearance are provided, the appearance of the figure warp threads of each set in the two or more sets being different from appearance of the figure warp threads of each other set in the two or more sets, whereby the figure warp threads with the same appearance of each set belong to a different warp thread of the pair,
• and the shed forming devices are provided to allocate the two figure warp threads of each set to a different fabric,
• so that for each set of two figure warp threads with the same appearance, per pair of warp thread systems, a figure warp thread with said appearance is available in both fabrics to determine the pattern in said zones.